NSC Doubling Tuition - Fall 2015

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Nursing tuition is going to be double starting in the fall of 2015. To say that I am upset is an understatement because I applied weeks ago and am financially unprepared for this double tuition expense. I feel my investments have been in vain & I sincerely pray that Nevada State College sees the reasonable injustice of forcing cohorts prior to fall 2015 to be affected by this increase. :( Here is the notice I just received:

"Message from the Dean of Nursing to all Nursing and Pre-Nursing Students

Dear Pre-Nursing Students and Nursing Students,

I hope that your Fall semester has started off nicely. The School of Nursing (SoN) at Nevada State College has a vibrant energy that abounds around us. Many exciting changes are underway. Please take a few minutes to complete the survey by clicking on this link: Nursing Survey ( https://jfe.qualtrics.com/form/SV_abBRVhQf99N8qTr ). I would like to learn more about your perspectives regarding growth plans in the SoN. As the nursing programs, most notably the part-time and full-time tracks, gain increasing interest within our community, the SoN hopes to answer this call of interest from so many highly qualified applicants into our rigorous and outstanding programs. As you may be aware, many peer institutions assess a differential tuition fee within their nursing programs to offset the expense of sustaining and growing their fine programs to meet the community's need for more baccalaureate prepared nurses. Differential tuition will be used for program development, nursing student scholarships and an increased number of highly qualified full-time nursing faculty. The tuition differential will allow the SoN to grow from admitting small cohorts of 16 students in the full-time and part-time tracks to admitting cohorts of 48 students in the full-time track starting in Fall 2015 and Spring 2016; and 32 students in the part-time track in Spring 2015; 32 students in the part-time track in Summer 2015 and finally 48 students in the part-time track in Fall 2015 and the ongoing three entries per year. This is a sizeable increase that will afford more seats to our highly qualified and talented pool of applicants.

A proposed doubling of tuition effective Fall 2015 will allow for the above growth pattern. The table below indicates the current NSC tuition for full-time and part-time students in Fall 2014, the proposed tuition (with estimated differential in Fall 2015), as well as the published tuition of several peer institutions for Fall 2014. As you will see, even with the proposed increase in NURSING courses, NSC remains a very affordable option with a solid reputation of student success. Please respond to the two questions located at Nursing Survey and submit prior to SUNDAY 9/28/2014 at 5PM. Thank you for your time and I look forward to seeing you in the SoN.

Total Program Cost Comparisons

(Does not include any mandatory fees)

NSC Current Registration Fee Structure

Proposed Differential Fee Structure

UNLV

Fee Structure

UNR

Fee Structure

Touro

Fee Structure

Roseman Univ. of Health Sciences

Fee Structure

$8K

$16.2K

$20.9K

$19.9K

$40.8K

$48.5K

Kind regards,

Dean, School of Nursing"

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Specializes in hospice.

Well.....I guess that's one way to relieve impaction in nursing programs.

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I cannot agree with you more. I believe all nursing students were completely blindsided by this news. I did not even receive an email until Saturday, the day before the 'survey' closed, and it was from another student. I received no direct email from the college itself. I feel like we're not paying for bigger class sizes because that's what tuition is for, but we are paying for the new building.

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The NSC schools newsletter September 30, 2014 also says that Spring 2015 cohorts will double (32 ft, 32 pt) and will be using a new curriculum as well. I wanted to share this with applicants who can still afford the additional $8000 program fee, although bittersweet.

http://nsc.edu/9142.asp

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So they're doubling the tuition and doubling the size of the cohort? Sounds to me like a way to make more money.

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When reality hit, my granddaughter was unable to attend the college she wanted due to lack of money. That same money was not there for her amended plans to attend the local community college. She could not even take a full course load because three family members could only come up with so much, so she registered for each class a la carte as soon as someone came up with some more funds. She has no idea what she is going to do for the following semester. Every week she submits job applications and comes up empty handed. I must say that I feel sorry for all involved. And $175 for a textbook? I retained two of my texts from back when, hard cover, $9 for one and $12 for another, the price stickers are still on the books. The industry thinks all of us are nothing but bottomless ATM machines. Disgusting.

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Well when I first heard "new cirriculum" (why can i never spell that right, lol) first thing i thought was, "Bummer, no saving money on used books" hahaha, right? I talked to a student who spent $800 on used first semester books this fall. So now Im wondering what price to expect for the "new curriculum"? (yay i finally spelled it right). I heard their bookstore is going paperless in couple years, so curious to know if this is going to be new ebook style with access codes or just new program content structure with same textbook materials. (Translation- must also buy a new tablet & monthly data plan?). But if it is new materials, the technology upgrades are always nice to work with though and it would be convenient to have on hand during clinicals etc I hear. Who knows, nothing can really surprise me anymore at this point. Sad to feel these changes as a burden, not a blessing huh? Maybe when the ten grand Id need to stay in my program rains down from heaven :sarcastic: I can take this sour taste out of my mouth and actually get to enjoy my college experience. It will all work out one way or another, you'll see ~ Keep prayin @caliotter3

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I also just heard, a while back, about how they're doubling the acceptance rate. They want more students and more money. I have this sick feeling that their need for both of those things will ultimately lead to their program not being as good as they are now. And not as many determined individuals will be accepted. You will have those people that have the grades but not the want as much as those who have fought to be one of 16. I guess there's no point in stressing until I find out whether or not I've even been accepted. Oh and along with the thousand dollar textbooks, there are also separate course fees for a couple of the classes that are up to $400. I hope they don't end up going paperless until after I'm finished with the program (if accepted), because I have an eye twitch that prevents me from staring at a screen for too long. Ugh. (Another) ALSO the school paper published something about the growth of the program but they just happened to leave out the increase of tuition.

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Brookline college has a $12,000 BSN program online (local clinicals included)...

I heard about it on this AN site

Nursing Degree Programs in AZ, NM, Online | Brookline College

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NSC's nursing program costs around $25,000. UNLV costs the same and is a faster time and they offer more scholarships and they have a masters because they are a university and they are building a medical school.

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I know a lot of you are upset because of the tuition hike; this is also very exciting to pre-nursing students who are struggling with the high competition rates at UNLV. NSC is adding summer cohort too which is also exciting because now I don't have to wait until Fall '15 to start. Yes it sucks that we have to pay more money, but when looking at the costs compared to privet universities such as Roseman this is like awesome. Anyone at NSC currently who can talk about the program more in depth?! I'd love to know more information

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Exactly. If I wanted to pay University prices, I'd go to a University. That would sure look a lot better on my resume then a state college.

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